My daughter has tried to get me to let her try it, but that would make me a friend and not a parent. I know I can't control the decisions she makes on her own, but I can influence the ones she makes while she is still under my roof and I have influence. As a parent, you should always want better for your children in their success, so anything I can do in that progression I will. We talk about the pros and cons of everything. Nobody was there to tell me shit. All I wanted to be when I grew up was a gangster and a drug dealer like my pops. The most important thing for her is to stay focused on the things that will set her up for being successful in life. Anything that can potentially delay that should not be an option.
what you said is hella on point. my dad and cousins tried to smoke with me hella earlier than i was ready because they considered me the "cool one" in the family, but in reality at the time i felt like my dad and cousins were pushing it on me, like they really wanted to introduce me to getting high, because they thought it would be cool. so i purposely kept turning them down. when i did smoke, it was cool and we bonded on a dad and son tip or what not, but to be honest with you, it turned us into friends, just like you said. my dad ended up bieng my stoner buddy. shit he'd do, like gave me a completely different outlook on how i viewed my dad.and if you wanna look at weed as a gateway, later on that opened up the world to shit that would take too long to post here, crack, prostitutes, crackhouses, etc.. and this was because my dad felt open to me at that point. to be honest im glad i learned those lessons through him and no one else, but man.its what that first joint led into at the end of the day. he prolly aint expect it to go that far, but to this day, me and my dad are way past buddies. were at the level where we can pull licks together. is that good? hell nah. but it is what it is.
if i wpuld look at my child in the future? id keep him or her away form it. tell them to focus on the prize/goal. later on? drugs will be there. but stick to bieng the best you can be and getting that paper. later on drugs will be there.
hthe current idea....smoke at the pad..with me. if you gotta. and ima hit you with the real deal cuz as a father ima have my son back
just my opinion imo sorry for ramblin
